Life and Death Decisions or Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Life and Death Decisions: Psychological and Ethical Considerations in End-of-Life Care

Author: Phillip M Kleespies

Life and Death Decisions: Psychological and Ethical Considerations in End-of-Life Care offers mental health practioners invaluable information about the choices that people must make regarding how they will die, or how they will resist dying, and the ethical issues involved in making those choices.

Offering a presentation of the major moral, value-based, and ethical principles that guide end-of-life decision making, including autonomy, beneficence, mercy, and justice, Phillip M. Kleespies also reviews the crucial elements of informed consent, competence, and other issues that guide the American legal system's stance on this controversial debate. Life and Death Decisions articulates the role and functions that mental health practitioners - particularly psychologists - can fulfill as members of end-of-life interdisciplinary terms to help individuals interact more fully with their loved ones and make real decisions on a path toward increasing the probability of death with dignity.

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Reviewer: Becky Stepp, BBA, MEd, BS, M, LMSW (Seton Medical Center)
Description: This is an insightful consideration of modern end-of-life issues.
Purpose: The book's author and psychologist, Phillip Kleespies, reflects on the choices that people have in regard to how they will die and the ways psychologists can help patients, families, healthcare professionals, and systems make those choices in humane and ethical ways.
Audience: Although the author admits readily that the book is written primarily with the psychologist in mind, it is indeed pertinent for other mental health practitioners, social workers, nurses, and physicians.
Features: The book covers the concepts of major dilemmas that confront the terminally ill in the modern era: ethical principles that guide the process of end-of-life decision making; self-determination in the process of dying; futile treatment and resource allocation and rationing.
Assessment: This book challenges psychologists as well as all healthcare professionals to assume a more active role in the care of people who are dying and the ethical issues surrounding end-of-life care.

Rating

2 Stars from Doody

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Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Author: L Susan Buttross

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects approximately five percent of American school-age children. Symptoms include extreme levels of hyperactivity, inattention, and disruptive behavior. Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a concise, clearly written overview of the condition's symptoms and the range of possible treatments. Chapters explain: How certain behavioral patterns can be misdiagnosed as ADHD, How early diagnosis and treatment of the condition are critical, How the various forms of the condition affect a child's psychology and socialization, How parents can help to address the condition effectively and supportively. Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder provides useful, up-to-date information on a condition that can be treated with early diagnosis and intervention. The book will prove useful to professionals and parents seeking a better understanding of childhood development.

About the Author:
L. Susan Buttross is professor of pediatrics and director of the Child Development Clinic at the University of Mississippi Medical Center

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments     vii
Introduction     ix
"What Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?     3
What Causes Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?     18
Making the Diagnosis     32
Treatment     53
Creating the Right Environment     79
Searching for a Cure     98
Additional Resources     114
Index     123